Peking University, Aug 29, 2015: In the loud “Parade March”, the 14-day military training for class 2014 of Peking University successfully called a formal end in District Huairou. The final military parade was a big success, the best return for over 3000 undergraduate students from PKU and the most wonderful performance for all of the soldiers, teachers and workers who made contributions to this training.
Military training is an important teaching method for colleges and universities. By anticipating in military training, students will understand patriotism, progress and team spirit more directly and thoroughly. Military training has a 30-year history in PKU. This year’s training was held in Huairou Students’ Military Training Base, from Aug 16to Aug 29. During this period, students needed to study not only military skills and national defense knowledge but also the history of struggling of China to make better preparations for the future.
Normal parts were included in this year’s training: the opening ceremony on the first day, the basic military courses training (stand at attention, quick march, goose step and so on) and the final military parade. In addition, some distinctive military boxing were also taught, such as long stick fencing, female self-defense skills and gymnastics with dagger. The most welcomed one was the field training. At 6:30 a.m. Aug 20, 2648 students set off from the training base, hiking around Huairou, the total distance was 11.8 km. This training lasted almost three hours while students keep energetic all the way. The splendid formation, the high flying red flags and the cheerful laughter formed beautiful scenery and left a happy memory for witnesses.
Various recreational and sports activities with joy and happiness also added to the military training. In patriotic speech contest, 15 contestants from different companies fully showed their brilliance and strong feelings for our motherland. In poster-design competition, students let their imagination fly freely, creating perfect and meaningful posters. In art performance, songs, dance, sketch and many other wonderful shows were performed, winning lots of cheers. Apart from these, the tug-of-war competition, the chorus competition and the call for letter to family all made the training not so boring.
Safety education is one of the themes of the military training.Under the background of the big explosion in Tianjin several days ago, Peking University Military Training Regiment especially held a fire drill to introduce students how to use fire equipment correctly and escape fast when faced with a big fire. The fire drill received positive effects and taught a vivid lesson to students.
Going back from the military training base, a large number of students expressed their miss for drillmasters and these 14 days. They said although the training was extremely tiring, they all kept holding on and were proud of themselves. In their hearts, these 14-day training was a significant ceremony in their life, making them grow up. Maybe, just like the common saying, the military training is made up with sweat, but the sweat is actually sweet.
Reported by: Fu Guirong
Edited by: Zhang Jiang
